Shaftesbury PLC appoints new Head of Finance

Shaftesbury PLC appoints new Head of Finance

Shaftesbury PLC, the Real Estate Investment Trust has appointed Alastair Deutsch to the role of Head of Finance, working for Chris Ward, Shaftesbury’s Finance Director. Alastair will have responsibility for financial planning and analysis, strategic commercial insights, treasury, tax, investor relations and IT.

Alastair joins Shaftesbury following nearly a decade at Landsec where he held a number of finance, treasury and strategic insight roles, most recently as Commercial Finance Director, responsible for management reporting on the Group’s portfolio as well as commercial finance and decision support for its development programme. Prior to Landsec, he was a Finance Analyst at Sky, having started his career in Audit at KPMG.

Chris Ward, Finance Director comments: We are delighted to welcome Alastair to the Shaftesbury team. As a high-calibre individual, his extensive experience will add considerable value to both our finance and leadership teams.”

Alastair Deutsch, Head of Finance, says: “I am really excited to be joining Shaftesbury at this critical time. It’s a business that I have admired for many years, with an exceptional portfolio in the heart of the West End and a highly regarded team.”